Another battery problem

[sparks72]

Hi all

I'm a new member.
Great forum I have to say :)

I have a new battery after the old one started draining itself
in under a day, no problems before that, the new battery is doing the same,
I have the phone set to "turn off power if not used for 3 mins" &
running window mobile 6.5 test (before I ran windows 6)
I'm just using it as a phone really & not much else, can't figure out
why it's draining the battery so fast!
yesterday it told me the battery was really low but I left it
for around 10 hours & it was still on but had the same low power level
as the day before :confused:

any help is appreciated.

SoftBank X01HT / ROM PV 6.5 21500

[RxenDrav]

i think you should change your radio version...

[sparks72]

i think you should change your radio version...

What would you suggest ?

[diegolaz]

i think you should change your radio version...

I'm also interested in that. I have a 2+ year old battery, and now with 3g it lasts 30 minutes if browsing full....

thanks!

PS: sparks72, how long does the new battery work? what are the specs of the battery?

[sparks72]

I'm also interested in that. I have a 2+ year old battery, and now with 3g it lasts 30 minutes if browsing full....

thanks!

PS: sparks72, how long does the new battery work? what are the specs of the battery?

Hi diegolaz

Battery drains from 99% when fully charged to 80% in a few seconds!
can last all day if handset isn't used but after only a couple of short calls drains dramatically & nags me for a recharge.
The new battery is a 3.7V DC Li-ion 1350mAh.
manufacturer is Celxpert Energy CO Ltd. (China)

[zephxiii]

Strangely I've been having battery drain problems too, most notably when using 3g data or wifi. Thing is I do have 2 batteries to test with and one of them is not very old. I'm running radio 1.54.07.00 which I have been using for a long time, long enough to remember not having problems with it.

I started keeping a log, here is my results for today:

3:26pm, batter starts at 79%
4:40pm = 71%
8:30pm = 51%
9:30pm = 19%

Between 8:30 and 9:30 i did a hard reset, installed some apps, used wifi for a bit to download the apps and get my exchange account setup, and got/sent some text messages. Seems like a pretty huge drop.

Does anyone know of an app that can report current power drain on the Hermes. I remember having something like that for my 8125

Today I just ordered a new OEM battery off of ebay for cheap just to see if it makes any difference, I recommend you all to do the same. It's the first step of the process of elimination....maybe both batteries I have really are bunk...or that i'm spoiled on my TILT's battery life.

[idbl_fanatic]

Also turn off "beam" that seems to be on by default.

[scousemartin]

using wifi will drain the battery pretty fast anyway, but i would also check that your rom is not activating wifi on the sly, i had it when i cooked a rom using josh's kitchen and thought it was my battery that was knackered, turned out it was the wifi switching on constantly ,but i had no indication it was on. Not saying that is your problem , but worth checking all the same

[sparks72]

Nothing is on in the background.
Battery still draining fast :confused:

[sparks72]

Strangely I've been having battery drain problems too, most notably when using 3g data or wifi. Thing is I do have 2 batteries to test with and one of them is not very old. I'm running radio 1.54.07.00 which I have been using for a long time, long enough to remember not having problems with it.

I started keeping a log, here is my results for today:

3:26pm, batter starts at 79%
4:40pm = 71%
8:30pm = 51%
9:30pm = 19%

Between 8:30 and 9:30 i did a hard reset, installed some apps, used wifi for a bit to download the apps and get my exchange account setup, and got/sent some text messages. Seems like a pretty huge drop.

Does anyone know of an app that can report current power drain on the Hermes. I remember having something like that for my 8125

Today I just ordered a new OEM battery off of ebay for cheap just to see if it makes any difference, I recommend you all to do the same. It's the first step of the process of elimination....maybe both batteries I have really are bunk...or that i'm spoiled on my TILT's battery life.

The battery problem for me happened when I upgraded from WM5 to WM6,
even though I have had my Hermes since 2007 (brand new) I only started using it in Feb 2009. (had enough phones to deal with!!)
I tested my old OEM battery & their doesn't seem to be anything wrong with it, very confusing. :confused:

[zephxiii]

Well i got the new battery in, and in 24 hours i went from 96% to 8% at a drain rate of 3.66% an hour. This is good news, I guess those two other batteries I have are wasted :-/ , but at least the TYTN is ok.

[Faisal Tasleem]

Hi all

I'm a new member.
Great forum I have to say :)

I have a new battery after the old one started draining itself
in under a day, no problems before that, the new battery is doing the same,
I have the phone set to "turn off power if not used for 3 mins" &
running window mobile 6.5 test (before I ran windows 6)
I'm just using it as a phone really & not much else, can't figure out
why it's draining the battery so fast!
yesterday it told me the battery was really low but I left it
for around 10 hours & it was still on but had the same low power level
as the day before :confused:

any help is appreciated.

SoftBank X01HT / ROM PV 6.5 21500

I am also facing the exact problem. But I don't think if it is the problem of battery. I think it's some problem with ROM version..

Any help is appriciated.

[sparks72]

I have tried several different ROMs but the battery still drains quickly.

[sparks72]

Can anyone on this forum shed some light on this problem at all ?

Have any of the developers experienced battery drain problems ?

Does anyone have a solution ?


Thank's :)